Inside our flat there is a seven-foot tree held in position by the ceiling. This year we chose a sparing selection of fancy shmancy £4-a-pop John Lewis decorations instead of 100 glittery baubles from the Pound Land. The tree is leaning slightly to the...

It’s summmerrrrr! I finished my finals a few weeks ago, but I felt so crippled from the thousands of words of pretend food writing, so writing has felt like a bit of a struggle. This ice cream is an ode to the stuffy eyed hay fever sufferers among us, because...

If it were perfectly feasible (for the hips and tum) to eat a buttery pastry every morning, I doubt you’d ever get sick of it. For that, I sincerely hope that you wont get sick of the sight of croissants by the time you reach the bottom of this never ending...

The pressure of uni has the tendency to gear a student baker towards the mixing bowl and any socialite towards the cocktails, likewise. Not this idiot. I didn’t think about baking at all last week. It was horrible. I’d have shed tears of melted butter were...

This is such a wedding biscuit. Look at it! All covered and tossed in icing sugar when it’s still warm, making the first layer of sugar go this warm yellowy colour that kind of tastes like almond buttercream. This is the best traditional biscuit ever ever...

Is it possible to live without an obsession with institutionalized American desserts? Think about it. What the hell was you craving before you first caught your tongue on that first bite of red velvet layer cake? Don’t even get me started on pie. All pie....

This cake has such a texture infused flavour. The slight lemon tang gives it a moreish quality and, although the cake will naturally sink in the middle (the inevitable when it comes to flour-less treats) there is still something picture-perfect about this...